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The season of good bargains
SHOPPERS have blasted stores for stocking shelves high with Christmas goodies months before the festive season. In a survey carried out by Super Marketing, almost two-thirds of people interviewed thought October far too early to be confronted with festive
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Man shot in drug warfare
A MAN was "knee-capped" when three masked thugs burst into his Little Hulton home last night -- as drug warfare erupted on the Amblecote estate. The 35-year-old victim was shot in the knee and also in his buttock. Surgeons later had to amputate part of
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Firm fined £4,000 after water scare
WASTE tipped on land above Wayoh reservoir at Entwistle posed a major pollution threat to Bolton's drinking water supplies. The Environment Agency and North West Water spent more than £60,000 on a "damage limitation exercise" after discovering between
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RUGBY LEAGUE: New boss gets down to business
THE hard work started last night for Leigh Centurions as new coach Ian Millward took control of his first pre-season training session. Millward met the Hilton Park playing staff for the first time as the build-up to the new season gets into full swing
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War hero brother sex-swap shock
A BOLTON man spoke today about how his sex-swap brother changed overnight from Falklands War hero to a dress-wearing woman. Bolton ex-naval serviceman Brian Waling -- now called Lynda Cash -- became the first transsexual to parade with fellow war veterans
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Bolton try to break deadlock
TALKS were going on at the Reebok today to break the Peter Beardsley deadlock. The former England star, who has been granted a free transfer by Wanderers, has completed his maximum three months' loan at Second Division Fulham. But Cottagers boss Kevin
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Forget your emotions Dillon judge tells jury
THE judge in the Dillon Hull murder trial began his summing up yesterday, one month to the day since the case opened at Preston Crown Court. Mr Justice Forbes warned the nine men and three women jurors not to let their judgement be "clouded" or "distorted
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Keep the cold at bay
THE scandal of hypothermia among the elderly is becoming a more everyday occurrence. More and more pensioners are presenting themselves in a semi-comatose state at Bolton's accident and emergency unit because they're -- quite simply -- cold. Whilst applauding
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Wednesday chemists
CHEMISTS on duty in the Bolton area tomorrow are: Tesco, Mansell Way, Horwich (5.30pm to 6.30pm). For prescriptions marked "urgent" by a doctor when chemists are closed, please contact police on 0161 872 5050. Converted for the new archive on 14 July
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Newsquest profit up 18 per cent
NEWSQUEST plc today announced an increase in operating profit of 18pc for the 40 weeks ending October 4, 1998. Newsquest, owners of the Bolton Evening News and Bury Times, who are England's largest regional and local newspaper publisher, were announcing
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Record call outs for rescue team
THE annus horribilis -- weatherwise -- has landed Bolton Mountain Rescue Team with a record number of call outs so far this year. The team, which is funded entirely from public contributions, has already turned out on emergency calls 52 times, with the
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NON-LEAGUE: Big time holds no fears for teenager
JUST three weeks ago Gary Prescott was happily playing on a park pitch for Leigh RMI Reserves, in front of a handful of spectators. On Sunday he is in line to face Fulham in the FA Cup at Craven Cottage before thousands of fans. And if that wasn't enough
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NON-LEAGUE: Boro eye old boy
RADCLIFFE Boro are set to re-sign former striker Ian Lunt. The player who was a crowd favourite at Stainton Park and leading goalscorer for the three seasons, netting 28 in Boro's 1996/97 Championship season, sensationally quit the club last term following
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Deano returns
NO player will have a bigger incentive to pull out the stops at the Reebok tonight than Dean Holdsworth, writes GORDON SHARROCK. The Wanderers record signing, out of the starting line-up for 14 games, is due to face his old Wimbledon mates in a duel for
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From the Evening News,
November 10, 1973 THE Liberals captured the 'safe' Conservative seat of Berwick-upon-Tweed today after a recount. They seized the seat, vacated by Lord Lambton over the call girl affair, with a tiny 57 majority. The winner was Mr Alan Beith, a 30-years-old
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WHATS ON IN AND AROUND BOLTON 11-11-98
THEATRE, MUSIC & DANCE BOLTON Premier AOS is performing the hit musical Little Shop of Horrors at The Albert Halls at 7.30pm. Tickets are available by tel: 842678 (anytime) or 491233 (evening only) or fromthe box office at a cost of £6 or £5 for concessions
